MY SIXERS

I am an avid Philadelphia 76ers fan, and I have been since I began to seriously follow basketball.

Entering, the season expectations were high, after pushing the Detroit Pistons to six games in the 1st round of the playoffs last season, and after acquiring star Power Forward Elton Brand, we were expected to push for one of the top four seeds in the Eastern conference.

After a slow start that included the firing of head coach Mo Cheeks (one of my favorite coaches in the NBA) and an injury to Brand, my favorite player Andre Iguodala has stepped his game UP! Iguodala's numbers(17.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 5.3 apg) are great, but it seems that his game has returned to last years level.

Iguodala went over 20 points in a game only 3 times with Brand in the lineup during the 25 games Brand played in. Since the injury to Brand Iguodala, has been over 20 points eleven times in only 16 games, more importantly, he has not been held under double digit points, something he did 5 times in the games Brand played in. Those games were against Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Milwaukee.

I feel AI2 is feeling a bit more assertive and comfortable in the offense without Brand on the floor, and it shows, he has played huge against San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Atlanta, Utah, and Denver. All of which are pretty solid if not above-average NBA teams. 

Let's go AI2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!